Histoplasmosis differential diagnosis

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Abdominal aneurysm, aortic dissection, pleural effusion, subarachnoid hemorrhage, superior vena cava syndrome, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mediastinitis, fulminate mediastinal tumors pneumonia, gastroenteritis, meningitis, ecthyma, rat bite fever, spider bite, leprosy, plague, tularemia, coccidioidomycosis, diphtheria, glanders, histoplasmosis, psittacosis, typhoid fever, and rickettsial pox. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Influenza, infectious mononucleosis, hepatitis, leptospirosis, infective endocarditis, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, collagen vascular disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, malignancy, and osteomyelitis. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Bartonellosis, brucellosis, other causes of encephalitis, coxsackieviruses, cryptococcosis, cysticercosis, cytomegalovirus, histoplasmosis, legionellosis, leptospirosis, listeria, lyme disease, malaria, rabies, tuberculosis, mumps, stroke, metabolic encephalopathy, Reye syndrome, Bartonella infection, Naegleria infection, Ebstein-Barr virus, prion disease, toxic ingestions, and AIDS. 

Diagnosis of CMV retinitis The diagnosis should be made by indirect ophthalmoscopy. Other conditions in the differential diagnosis of CMV retinitis include candidiasis, toxoplasmosis, histoplasmosis, retinal scars, and cotton wool spots, any of which may produce a retinal appearance similar to CMV. The... 

A so-called porcelain liver should be clarified by differential diagnosis. (188) This condition is characterized by focal calcareous deposits in the liver capsule, which can be detected by X-ray examination as well as by sonography and CT. It may be caused by phleboliths, pseudolipoma, histoplasmosis, calcified larvae, small capsule haematomas, small abscesses, etc. 

Subacute and chronic HP may mimic virtually any ILD. Differential diagnosis of the subacute form of the disease includes some granulomatous lung infections such as tuberculosis or histoplasmosis, noninfectious granulomatous lung disorders, i.e., sarcoidosis, and some other ILD like lymphoid interstitial... 

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